Ambassador

Judy Olsen

National Multiple Sclerosis Society – Patient Ambassador
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department – Staff Member

Years Involved in Patient Centered Research: 2-5 years
State: Washington

Judy Olsen is a founding member of the Puget Sound Asthma Coalition and was pleased to serve as a co-investigator on its three-year Pipeline to Proposal Award. She has a background in environmental policy and is employed in local public health, supervising asthma and lead poisoning prevention programs. After witnessing and seeing the value of empowerment and shared leadership with the parent and patient partners in our Pipeline to Proposal Award, Olsen wanted those same opportunities for her multiple sclerosis (MS) community. She is now a PCORI Ambassador as well as an ambassador for the National MS Society. Olsen lives with MS, asthma, and other chronic conditions. She hopes to increase her involvement by participating on advisory boards or serving as a PCORI Merit Reviewer. Mullen looks forward to more opportunities to elevate the patient voice in research.

Involvement with PCORI

Pipeline to Proposal: Promoting Patient-Centered Research in the Puget Sound Asthma Coalition – Co-Investigator

Ambassador Interests

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